Month: April 2024

There are six marathons in the World Marathon Majors. London, New York, Chicago, Boston, Berlin and Tokyo. After this years Tokyo marathon, ran in March, only 12,278 people worldwide had completed all six, and only 1,449 from the UK. Only an amazing 44 British men over the age of 65 have completed this mammoth journey and now Falkirk has the 45th!

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Last April we reported that Falkirk Victoria Harrier stalwart Peter Thomson had completed Boston and London Marathons within 6 days of each other, a remarkable achievement in itself, to get to a total of five of the six marathon majors underhis belt. We can now report that Peter has completed all sixsince finishing the job in Tokyo. 

Peter can be seen pretty much every day out running the streets and parks of Falkirk and is a regular at Falkirk Vics 10am Tuesday and Thursday training sessions, and his dedication has paid of. 

When you complete all six you receive the coveted six star medal, a rare sight indeed. On receiving his Peter admitted to being a little overwhelmed by the experience and was quick to thank his training group for their support and encouragement. 

After his Japanese adventure Peter and his wife Janice continued their travels to Australia to meet up with family. Now safely back at home Peter is looking forward to racing much more locally, having taken part in Falkirk Vics annual 10k, Round the Houses, which took place on Sunday 14thApril. He’s not keeping to the shorter races for long, however. Peter is also one of only 14 runners who have completed all 19 Edinburgh Marathons and is running this year’s event in May. Amazingly of these 14 runners 2 are members of Falkirk Vics. As well as Peter the other ever present at the Edinburgh Marathon is Jim Maclaren. It’s great to see a club like Falkirk Vics, with the tradition of road running going back over 120 years continue to provide conditions for such remarkable runners to thrive.